Accessibility Raised Beds Project

We are undertaking a comprehensive project to provide everyone, parents and children, the elderly and those less able individuals, improved accessto plots and facilities at all our allotment sites. A key part of this project is the creation of Accessibility Raised Beds at each of our four sites.

Using grants fromThe Big Lottery Fundalong with our own Association funds, we have already achieved a good deal having installed newAccessible toilets at all four of our allotment sites.

We are now concentrating on the development of theAccessibility Raised bedsand their associated paving. We have used Association funds and our maintenance budget to achieve part of the work required and this along with specific Grant funding from Cheshire East Borough Council and others, should help us fully realise the project.

Grants have been received from the following sponsors to whom we are most grateful:

£2806 from The Big Lottery Fund

£1000 from Cheshire East Borough Council

£1000 from Persimmon Homes

£ 500 from David Wilson Homes

£ 500 from Seddon Homes

£500 from Stoke City Football Club

£3260 from Tesco Bags of Help

Using this funding, in May 2018 we completed the paving and pathways for the four Accessibility Raised beds at Lawton Road and in Septmeber 2018 we completed the three Accessibility Raised beds at Cedar Avenue .

The central path from the gate at Cedar Avenue to the rear path was completed in January 2019.

Lawton Road

Here are some photographs taken on the day our volunteers created the raised beds!

It was challenging work with lots of heavy lifting and shifting by our team of volunteers but the finished article, our first set of four accessibility raised beds which you can see in the photographs, has been well worth all the effort and planning that has gone into this project. These 4 beds are now let out to tenants one of which includes a Pre school Nursery – promoting gardening at all ages!

Great Teamwork ! Completed the Final and Fourth accessibility raised bed!

Three Completed Accessibility Raised Beds at Lawton Rd

Three of the completed Acecssibility Raised Beds

New Accessibility Footpath Lawton Rd

TOWN HOUSE NURSERY – An Introduction to Gardening for Pre School Children

Planting by Town House Nursery

Cedar Avenue

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Talke Road & Coronation Avenue

The £3269 from Tesco Bags Of Help was received in February 2019! This will be used to undertake the work at Talke Road & Coronation Avenue

We plan to construct TwoAccessibility Raised Beds at the Talke Road and one at Coronation Avenue.

We have identified the plots and marked them out and have purchased the sleepers required for the Accessibility raised beds. We are now ready to commence clearing of the site ahead of the construction of the new Accessibility raised beds.

PRESENTATION FROM TESCO BAGS OF HELP

Our Future Plans

We hope to build on the sturdy base we will have established in providing easy and safe access to our allotments plots for everyone, but particularly for those who have difficulty working at ground level.

We would like to enhance the ARB area by providing water buts, composters, cloches and tool storage and a sitting area close to the raised beds

We would like to provide appropriate shelters and secure communal tool storage at Talke Road and Coronation Avenue.

At Cedar Avenue, by far our largest site, we hope to establish a communal facility which can be used by our members and partners providing a place to meet and socialise generating a camaraderie this would bring along side growing your own food and a place to enable us to undertake a range of activities that can help promote the overall Health And Well being of our community.

At Coronation Ave we would like to provide a central path from the gate and accessible raised beds to the toilet building and water stand pipe.

At Lawton Road we would like to improve the Car Parking arrangements to enable people with mobility issues easy access to the Raised Beds

News

Allotment Open Days – Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May 2019

May Each Year

As part of the National Allotment week the Association arranges an Annual Open Day on all four sites we manage for the Town Council. This year our open days will be held on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May 2019 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm .
For more details and photographs click here

Our 67th ANNUAL SHOW will be held on Saturday 7th September 2019

Trading Hut -NOW OPEN SUNDAYS 10.00am – 12.00pm

Our trading hut shop now provides a better customer experience for our members. Located on our Cedar Avenue Allotment site we stock a wide variety of allotment and garden consumables. The opening times are;

OPEN Sunday 3rd March 2019
Sundays 10am - 12.00pm
(3rd March 2019 to 25 May 2019)

Alsager Gardens Competition -2019

Results for 2018

CALLING ALL MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Tuesday 12th March 2019 at 8pm

At Alsager Highfields Foundation Primary School.
All members are invited to come along to our Annual General Meeting. Find out what has happened in the last year and hear about our plans for the next 12 months. We will also be voting in the officers for our Executive Committee.
FREE Tea, coffee and sandwiches will be served following the meeting and a range of seeds and seed potatoes will be available for purchase at highly competitive prices .
Access to the school is from the Town Car Park (ASDA),
A copy of the agenda and minutes of the last meeting can be found here